*''The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid'', describing his childhood in Des Moines and at the same time giving a child's perspective of current world affairs, including the [[Cold War]]. In the book he often laments how things have changed, and the book is written in such a way that readers sympathise with Bryson's lost world. | *''The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid'', describing his childhood in Des Moines and at the same time giving a child's perspective of current world affairs, including the [[Cold War]]. In the book he often laments how things have changed, and the book is written in such a way that readers sympathise with Bryson's lost world. |